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TRANSOM OPENER.

Patented Mar. 27, 1894.

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JOHN E. ANGER, OF GREEN ISLAND, NEW YORK.

TRANSOM-OPENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 517,135, dated March 27, 1894. Application filed May 24, 1893. Serial 110,475,304. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be itknown that I, JOHN E. ANGER, of Green Island, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Deck-Sash Openers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in deck sash openers, and it is especially directed to the provision of a cheap and simple mechanism for adjusting in unison a series of car ventilators.

Referring to the accompanying drawings: Figure 1, is a perspective view of a portion of the interior of a car deck having my improved opener applied to the sash. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross sectional view of one side of the car deck showing my improved opener in position thereon. Fig. 3, is a sectional plan View of Fig. 1.

A designates the deck sill, B the ventilator sash and G a longitudinal molding secured to the inner side of the deck and adjacent the lower edge of the sash when closed. The upper edge of this molding is plowed or grooved longitudinally and adapted to move therein is the bar D, and projecting therefrom is the laterally extending bolt E which passes through the operating lever F between its end, as shown, the lever being held thereon by means of a suitable nut E. The upper end of the lever F is slotted as at F and extending therethrough is the fulcrum screw G which serves to support the housing H for the upper end of said lever. This housing consists of the outer wall I through which the screw G extends together with a web I arranged between the said wall and deck sill.

A circular cavity or boxing J is provided within the housing H and in line with wall I, so that screw G may pass therethrough. This boxing however does not extend outward to the said wall but permits of the passage of the lever end between the same as shown.

Confined in boxing J is coiled spring K which encircles screw G and bears outward against the upper end of the lever, thus holding the same tightlyin position and preventing it from rattling or appreciable wear.

Secured to the inner side of sash B is a bracket L which extends inward over the molding C and bar D, and formed in this bracket is the slot M, which for a portion of its length is parallel or in line with bar D, but at one end the same is turned outward as is shown at N. Projecting from bar D is the pin 0 which extends outward through said slot in which it travels when the bar D is moved longitudinally by the lever F. When the said pin 0 is traveling in the straight portion M of the slot, the sash remains unaffected by its movement, but as soon as the pin reaches the portion N, the sash is turned outward or opened. In this position it remains until the same is closed by a backward movement of the bar which draws the portion M of the slot back into line with the said bar, as will be readily understood. A guard P is extended over the bolt E and secured to molding O, as shown, thus preventing the vertical displacement of the bar D, while in motion.

The bracket L, resting as shown upon the molding O and bar D, serves most effectually to support the sash and prevent the same from working loose or sagging while in an extended position.

As will be noted, the opening devices of the alternate sashes are arranged in one direction, while the others are adjusted in just the op posite manner. By this arrangement one half of the ventilators may be utilized when the car is moving in one direction and when in the opposite direction the said ventilators are closed by the same movement of the bar D, which opens the other ventilators.

I preferably arrange two or .more of the operating levers at convenient positions within the car. Thus it will be seen that it is quite impossible to leave open the wrong ventilators if the proper ones are adjusted for service, as adjacent ventilators opening in opposite directions in an arc of a circle cannot possibly remain open at the same time.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is-

1. In a deck sash opener, the combination of a frame, a sash adapted to swing therein, a

bar movable longitudinally and so connected with the sash as to operate the same, and a lever fulcrumed to the frame and connected to the bar, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of aswinging deck sash, a longitudinally grooved deck frame or molding, a bar adjustable therein, a connection between the sash and the bar for the purpose of adjusting the former, and an operating le- Ver for moving longitudinally the bar, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination of a deck sash, an operating lever, a mechanism arranged between theleverandthe sash for adjusting the former, housing H into which the fulcrum end of the JOHN E. ANGER.

Witnesses:

Gno. A. VAN BERGEN, GEORGE ANGER. 

